Huastec (Other Keyword)
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The Huastec, in pre-Hispanic times, always has been considered as a cultural area within Mesoamerica, improperly researchers have taken this as a dogma, which makes that the general use of the concept damages the comprehension of what really happened. By this assertions, over a "Huastec culture", the understanding of this rich multi-cultural region, is complicated. The opinions derived from linguistics, ethnohistory, archaeology and anthropology become difficulties that shape the region into...
LA HUASTECA. PROBLEMÁTICA DE INVESTIGACIÓN. (2016)
A través del tiempo, la Huasteca ha sido objeto de considerables estudios arqueológicos que han aportado información diversa; esto nos ha llevado a tener una idea general del desarrollo de las diversas culturas que ahí se establecieron en época prehispánica. Sin embargo, esto no explica plenamente la situación que imperaba en la región. Dadas las generalizaciones hechas con los datos obtenidos, cada vez se hace más difícil comprender la evolución de los pueblos que ahí se asentaron; siendo la...
Pre-Columbian Huastec Metallurgy (2017)
Although the Huasteca may have had an important role in the emergence and development of metallurgy in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, little has been published, apart from Dorothy Hosler and Guy Stresser-Péan’s short study on Huastec metallurgy (1992). They proposed that the Huasteca was second earliest region in Mesoamerica after West Mexico to produce bronze alloys artifacts during the Postclassic period. Their research positions the Huasteca as an early adopter and innovator of this technology....